wewbull

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. What's that matter?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 3 hours ago

No, but there was the bit that you missed where I distracted him with the cuddly monkey then I said "play time's over" and I hit him in the head with the peace lily.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 7 hours ago

If ethical boundaries get thrown out in times of trouble, we don't have ethical boundaries. It's easy to not step over the line in times of peace.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 7 hours ago

...or they could just go bust and we can invest that money where it will actually matter.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

We haven't got many geographical sites that support pumped storage. They got surveyed back in the 50 and 60s and the ones that were suitable got built.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

This is part of Octopus's push for regional pricing so that demand can be encouraged local to the generation by dropping the local price. They argue that the saved money on curtailment and repurchasing power in a different location would mean prices could drop across the country

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 8 hours ago

It looks pretty dark out there.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

A better way to say that (more accurate) is that abusers often learnt "how" through personal experience.

The key point is not to look at someone who has been abused and think that they are likely going to become an abuser.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Your lobes are showing.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

They just assumed a constant draw I think.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, but I don't think you're appreciating how difficult it would be to fill that 3%. It's not just about having 3% more power from something. It's having it at the right time. It needs to be on demand. Having something on demand that has to cover all it's costs selling just 3% isn't easy.

It's more resilient to have mixed supply where multiple types of generation take a proportion. Then when one falls short another can scale up a little.

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